632 So. 2d 857 - State v. Skipper’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Having determined that the stop of Skipper and Fant and the seizure of the abandoned cocaine were lawful, we must next consider whether the seizure of the second matchbox from Fant's pocket was lawful. Officer Polk testified that when he patted Fant down, he could feel that the object in his pocket was a matchbox. Officer Butler had already returned with the matchbox he had retrieved and had determined that it contained cocaine. Since Polk had seen the two men talking only moments before, he had probable cause to believe that the matchbox in Fant's pocket also contained cocaine. The seizure of the second matchbox was therefore lawful. (emphasis added)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 784 So. 2d 781 - State v. Robinson

2. “... that he knew a matchbox to be a common thing used for drugs, for selling drugs on the street.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 672 So. 2d 986 - State v. Stevens